Brian Kennedy, a 37-year-old Edgewater man, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident, police officers said Wednesday afternoon.

A passing motorist spotted one body as he drove along State Route 44 near Sugar Mill Road near Interstate 95 in New Smyrna Beach.

"I think we see a dead body," said the 911 caller. "We are kind of sketch to go closer, because it looks like he has blood on him and he is in a weird position laying on the ground on the side of the road."

When police arrived they found the body of a man, later identified as 24-year-old Zachary Kahle of Edgewater, but then found a second body. Deputies said the second victim is 26-year-old Savannah Dejarnette of Oak Hill.

Authorities said they are handling the deaths as a double fatal hit-and-run.

"The injuries were significant," said New Smyrna Police Department Sgt. Eugene Griffith. "They were thrown pretty far off the road way, one of them was."